ICONIC PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL To Come Down Saturday By Wrecking Ball
April 17, 2015
by HughE Dillon
WRECKING
BALL AND CRANE TO FINALLY DEMOLISH
BALL AND CRANE TO FINALLY DEMOLISH
ICONIC PHILADELPHIA
INTERNATIONAL RECORDS BUILDING
INTERNATIONAL RECORDS BUILDING
LONGTIME
HOME TO GAMBLE & HUFF, PATTI LaBELLE, CHUBBY CHECKER, TEDDY PENDERGRASS,
LOU RAWLS, THE JACKSONS, AND DOZENS MORE
HOME TO GAMBLE & HUFF, PATTI LaBELLE, CHUBBY CHECKER, TEDDY PENDERGRASS,
LOU RAWLS, THE JACKSONS, AND DOZENS MORE
(Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble last Saturday at WDAS WOE Lunch)
Former
Home of Gamble & Huff’s Legendary ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ and Cameo-Parkway
Records to Make Way for Hi-Rise Hotel and Luxury Condominium
(I shot this Thursday)
he iconic PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS BUILDING
aka The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) that has long adorned the historic AVENUE
OF THE ARTS WILL FINALLY COME DOWN
TOMORROW, SATURDAY, APRIL 18 AT 11AM.”
aka The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) that has long adorned the historic AVENUE
OF THE ARTS WILL FINALLY COME DOWN
TOMORROW, SATURDAY, APRIL 18 AT 11AM.”
As announced in October
2014, the final demolition of the building was in conjunction with the closing
of Philadelphia International Records and the sale of the building – owned
since 1970 by pioneering songwriting partners Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom
Bell until the property sold last fall to Dranoff Properties. The building,
ravaged by a 2010 arson fire from which it never recovered, is scheduled to be
demolished tomorrow morning, Saturday, April 18, 2015, to make way for the
47-story SLS International hotel and luxury condominium.
2014, the final demolition of the building was in conjunction with the closing
of Philadelphia International Records and the sale of the building – owned
since 1970 by pioneering songwriting partners Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom
Bell until the property sold last fall to Dranoff Properties. The building,
ravaged by a 2010 arson fire from which it never recovered, is scheduled to be
demolished tomorrow morning, Saturday, April 18, 2015, to make way for the
47-story SLS International hotel and luxury condominium.
Demolition begins: Saturday, April 18, 2015 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
